Konoha: Naruto will win no matter what choice he makes! Chapter 047

Character name suggestions:

琼斯 – Jones

达克 – Dark

迪蒙 – Dimon

维特 – Witt

罗伯特 – Robert

艾玛 – Emma

墨提斯 – Mortis

The last duel class.

After Professor Jones distributed the 1000 credit championship reward, he invited Dark onto the stage.

Dark, who had not yet fully grown, stood beside Professor Jones, his head only reaching the lower edge of Professor Jones’s spherical body.

Professor Jones, who had one-sixteenth giant blood, was simply too large.

Dark tried his best to maintain a slight smile, calmly facing the chattering students of the same grade below the stage.

Professor Jones said, “Dimon, you don’t mind sharing some study secrets with your classmates, do you?”

Dark readily said, “Of course not.”

Professor Jones said with satisfaction, “Then the rest of the time is yours.”

Dark nodded, moved a step to the middle, and then began:

“Actually, there’s never a shortcut to learning. The reason I’ve gotten to where I am today, besides self-discipline, is moderation.”

“Those who can restrain themselves have the most authority. But too much self-restraint can sometimes have the opposite effect, so moderation is also very important.”

“Whether it’s moderation of desires or moderation in learning, it’s all necessary.”

“I personally prefer a balance between work and rest, using some interesting content to alleviate the monotony of studying, and giving the brain some time to rest.”

“Furthermore, everyone is the architect of their own destiny…”

…

Dark spoke for about a quarter of an hour in total.

Some understood the道理 (principles), while others just wanted to finish quickly and go eat.

This is just like on the road of life, where there’s a signpost at a fork in the road: the left is rugged but leads to a peak, the right is smooth but leads to a valley. Most people will still choose to go right.

The so-called principles are only principles because they are known but not practiced.

Dark could only say that he had genuinely expressed his feelings over the past month.

He stepped off the stage amidst applause, the authenticity of which he wasn’t sure of, and then Friday afternoon arrived, and Traveler’s Street was open again!

Dark pulled out his House Card to check, credits: 1570.

…

Compared to the first opening of Traveler’s Street, the first-year students this week were much more reserved.

In short, it was definitely not due to a baseless reason like “not enough credits”!

Fortunately, some ordinary consumer goods weren’t that expensive. A few credits could buy a cup of coffee, allowing one to comfortably sit in the Forest Coffee Shop on Traveler’s Street for a whole day.

…

Before heading to Traveler’s Street, Dark once again took out his notebook for item excerpts.

Compared to last week’s item excerpts, this week had a few more item lists.

These items were all containers that could be used for long-term preservation of thought matter.

[Demonic Brain Bottle: One of the alchemy tools in the Demonic Brain series, storing substances such as emotions, desires, and knowledge in a simulated demonic brain. The advantage is that it is active and stores for a long time; the disadvantage is also that it is active, which may lead to the stored substance being contaminated and spoiled!]

[Insect Tree: A potted plant with branches like insects, capable of injecting substances such as emotions, desires, and knowledge into the insect branches. Since the essence of the insect branches is plant, there’s no need to worry about the stored substance being contaminated. The disadvantage is that if the tree dies, the insects die, and it’s difficult to cultivate.]

[Advanced Thought Bottle: An advanced version of the Thought Bottle. Besides being very expensive, it has no other drawbacks. Its shelf life can be up to a month.]

But in fact, these things were all expensive.

It’s just that the Advanced Thought Bottle was even more expensive!

Dark’s first goal today was to choose one of them to purchase.

…

From twelve o’clock to half past twelve was a peak period for people squeezing into Traveler’s Street.

Dark deliberately waited until half past twelve before walking out of the Noble House’s tower path.

On the way to the castle gate, he unexpectedly encountered Witt, Robert, and Emma again.

“It seems like it was them on Monday too?”

Dark recalled his encounter on Monday and kept a mental note.

…

Emma Mortis had unusually styled her fluffy brown hair, securing it with cute cat hair clips, and had applied some liquid foundation to her face to make her skin appear fairer.

She had never dressed up to this extent before, and her entire impression had changed a lot.

“Could it be that the failure in the duel competition dealt too big a blow to her?” Dark couldn’t help but wonder hesitantly.

On the other side, Witt and Robert were as usual.

After losing their last chance, they racked their brains and finally decided to apologize for their previous argument and beg Emma for forgiveness.

“I’ve already apologized, Emma!”

Robert blocked Emma’s path again.

Emma puffed out her cheeks, a little angry: “So I heard you, can you move aside?”

Witt quickly grabbed Robert’s arm, completely clueless as to how a perfectly good apology had devolved to this point.

Robert’s thinking was probably still at a child’s level, believing that anything could be resolved by simply apologizing.

But Witt had more experience and knew that most of the time, apologizing didn’t solve problems.

They were actually here to beg Emma to give up on collecting the debt!

That was a full 640 credits, and in half an hour, it would double to 1280!

If it were them, they definitely wouldn’t give up this debt easily!

Recalling his earlier grand words about repaying the debt, Witt couldn’t help but blush and had no choice but to say, “Emma, we’ve realized our mistake. We shouldn’t have forced you to lend us money to buy the magic chess, and even more so, we shouldn’t have insulted you afterward…”

Emma: “You’ve already said that! I’ve also accepted your apology, so can you please get out of the way right now?”

“No.” Witt mustered the courage of a hero’s son and said shamelessly, “So, can we settle the debt? Like, revise the contract to fix the owed credits at 640?”

Robert interjected, “ 640 is already a lot!”

“Hiss!”

Witt was almost dumbfounded, wishing he could immediately seal his foul mouth!

Emma sneered at Robert, and this time finally said directly, “You don’t owe me 640 credits. 5 points, Witt. Pay me back 5 credits, and we’re even from now on!”

Witt’s ears twitched, thinking he had misheard: “What do you mean? How can it be 5 credits?”

Emma said, “Read the school rules more, Witt! Credits circulate as a special currency for internal use within St. Marian’s, so the academy couldn’t possibly not have regulations on lending. Credit loans exceeding 10 times the principal are invalid in the academy! From one o’clock on Monday afternoon, the contract became invalid, and you only need to return the principal to me.”

Witt was about to crack: “But you said earlier…”

Emma angrily said, “Because Robert insulted me! I wasn’t happy to tell you! What’s wrong?”

Witt: “Robert…”

Emma suddenly pulled out her House Card: “ 5 points, Witt, quickly! This afternoon at the Forest Coffee Shop, there’s a St. Marian’s Ladies’ Tea Party. If I’m late because of you two…”

Witt quickly swiped his card, paying off the debt.

The heavy burden that had weighed on his shoulders for an entire week suddenly disappeared. Witt felt light and airy, as if he could fly if his feet left the ground.

But after Emma retrieved her House Card, she said mercilessly, “Also, Witt. I think it’s necessary to remind you, don’t hang out with Robert anymore! Think of your deceased parents!”

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